Electric Toolkit vs Southwire® Conversion Calc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Electric Toolkit
This app provides a comprehensive collection of electrical wiring diagrams and calculators for home projects. It includes various switch and fan wiring configurations, outlet diagrams, and essential calculators for grounding, circuit breakers, and voltage drop, adhering to NEC standards.
- 3-way switch wiring diagrams
- Ceiling fan wiring diagrams
- GFCI wiring diagrams
- Grounding conductor size calculator
- Ohms Law calculator
- Circuit breaker sizing calculator
- Voltage drop calculator
- Audio/Video cable pinouts
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Electric Toolkit is an easy to use collection of electrical wiring diagrams, pinouts, and electrical calculators for home wiring projects. The Electric Toolkit includes: *Seven different 3-way switch wiring diagrams *Seven different Ceiling Fan wiring diagrams *Basic light switch wiring diagrams *4-way switching wiring diagrams *Exhaust/bathroom fan wiring diagrams *Multiple GFCI wiring diagrams *Wall outlet wiring diagram *Grounding conductor size calculator (NEC 2014 through NEC 2023, Table 250-122) *Ohms Law calculator *Sizing a Circuit Breaker calculator (NEC 2023, NEC 2020, NEC 2017, and NEC 2014, 240-6(a)) *Voltage drop calculator *AWG to mm/mm² calculator *Audio/Video Cable pinouts ( Component, DisplayPort, DVI, Ethernet, Firewire, HDMI/Mini HDMI/Micro HDMI, Lightning, LPT(parallel port), PS/2, RCA, Serial port, S-video, USB 3.0/Mini USB/Micro USB/USB-C, and VGA). If you have any suggestions, find bugs, or have any requests, feel free to email them to: techsupport@cyberprodigy.com
Southwire® Conversion Calc
This utility app facilitates conversions between copper and aluminum electrical wiring. It allows users to calculate pricing, unit of measure, conversion factors, and weight based on product length. The app comes preloaded with numerous cable types for easy calculation.
- Copper to aluminum conversion
- Aluminum to copper conversion
- Pricing unit of measure calculation
- Conversion factor calculation
- Weight per product length calculation
- Preloaded cable data
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Southwire's Conversion Calculator helps to convert copper to aluminum or aluminum to copper, pricing unit of measure, conversion factor and weight per product length. Preloaded with many cables for calculation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Electric Toolkit at 45% against Southwire® Conversion Calc's 0%. Electric Toolkit also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (290 vs 5). Southwire® Conversion Calc's advantage is price (Free vs $5.99) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 9 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Southwire® Conversion Calc is free to download; Electric Toolkit costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Electric Toolkit holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Electric Toolkit has 290 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Electric Toolkit's written reviews are positive against 0% of Southwire® Conversion Calc's.
Electric Toolkit ships an update every 9 months, Southwire® Conversion Calc every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Electric Toolkit | Southwire® Conversion Calc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (290 ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 45.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 290 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cyberprodigy LLC | Southwire Company |
Customer experience
Electric Toolkit
Southwire® Conversion Calc
Bugs and requests
Electric Toolkit
Reported bugs
3 issues- Voltage drop calculator stopped working
- Calculators have non-functional features (delete key, zero, decimal point)
- Incorrect label for 'Circuit Length' in voltage drop calculator
Requested features
7 requests- More diagrams and schematics
- Ability to create wiring diagrams
- Option to pick installation and auto-layout wiring
- More info about house wiring and residential electrical wiring
- Ability to make printouts
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- App to be written for CSA (UK cable sizes)
- More detailed information on breaker circuits
Southwire® Conversion Calc
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Electric Toolkit
No in-app purchases
Southwire® Conversion Calc
No in-app purchases
Questions
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